This seems simple, but I can't figure it out.
Why do @dirA and @dirB contain different elements in the code below? @dirA is just a list, it doesn't contain date, time and size like @dirB does.
This is on XP, ActiveState Perl 5.8.7
Thanks for any help.

use strict;

my @dirA;
@dirA = `dir \\\\rancaajelloxp\\c\$`;
print @dirA;

print "\n\n";

my @dirB;
`dir \\\\rancaajelloxp\\c\$ > dir.txt`;
open DIRB, 'dir.txt';
for (<DIRB>){
    push @dirB, $_;
            }
close DIRB;
print @dirB;

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